Golden AgeSTUDIO SESSION

Friday, March 21, 1975

Mill Valley, CALIFORNIA · Ace's studio

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From the tapers · archive.org · 3

★★★★★ · I Absolutely LOVE these taped sessions · bencterry · 2007
The foundations were laid for the Dead's jamming from 1975-1982 or so with these sessions. Jazzier, Darker, Spacy yet more cohesive than pre-hiatus Spacy. Jerry in absolute PEAK form. I'm a firm believer that Jerry's peak years were '74-'77 and fall late summer fall '82 and summer/fall '89. This is probably the most advanced and incredible musical conversations outside of a concert that I've heard between Jerry and Phil.

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★★★★ · Can't go back and can't stand still · L. Rosley · 2005
In 1970, the Dead abandoned the acid rock style and replaced it with a country/folk orientation. For four years the Dead built up the set list, producing great shows. The Dead stopped touring in October 1974, believing they had taken the track as far as it could go. Five months later they began to create the path that lead to Blues for Allah and Terrapin Station. This session presents the beginning of these new explorations with the Stronger than Dirt jams.
★★★★ · Allah rehearsal · light into ashes · 2009
This is one of the better studio sessions from '75. The Dead practice Stronger Than Dirt and Blues for Allah a few times for the Kezar Stadium show a couple days later. They're in a very upbeat mood (rare in these studio sessions), and I found this 45-minute session a treat to listen to. It's basically straight jamming all the way through - from track 1, I was hooked.

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Soundboard · ★ 4.33 (3 reviews) · 23,068 dl